Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration To Air on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances, 8/10

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration, featuring many of the iconic artists identified with the fete, will air on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances Friday, August 10 at 9 p.m. ET as part of the PBS Arts Summer Festival (check local listings).

Located in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, Tanglewood is one of the world's most beloved music festivals and serves as the summer home for the famed Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). 

Tanglewood 75^th Anniversary Celebration features the BSO, the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, under the direction of conductors Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, John Williams and David Zinman.  

Performers include pianists Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and vocalist James Taylor, as well as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor. The wide-ranging program, taped on July 14, includes Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for The Common Man"; Leonard Bernstein's Three Dance Episodes from On the Town; selections from the Great American Songbook ("Over the Rainbow," "Shall We Dance" and "Old Man River"); Franz Joseph Haydn's Piano Concerto in D, 2^nd and 3^rd movements; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Andante cantabile for cello and strings; Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, for violin and orchestra; Maurice Ravel's "La Valse"; and Ludwig van Beethoven's Choral Fantasy.

"The BSO is one of the many great regional arts institutions to be featured on Great Performances over its four decade history," said David Horn, executive producer, Great Performances. "GP has enjoyed a long association with the BSO and its summertime home at the Tanglewood festival, dating back to our extensive broadcast collaborations with Leonard Bernstein. We are delighted to return to Tanglewood for this 75^th anniversary concert, which also represents a wonderful homecoming celebration for us."